Tom Brady and the Patriots defeat Washington Sunday to become 8-0.

There is plenty of motivation driving Patriots quarterback Tom Brady to an 8-0 start this season, and Patriots owner Robert Kraft believes Brady’s opponents in Indianapolis and the NFL offices have only propelled Brady to strengthen his game.

“They did us a favor,” Kraft told the Washington Post last week before the Patriots defeated the Washington football team.

Brady, 38, will take aim at the Giants’ secondary Sunday when the Patriots visit the Meadowlands. He has thrown 22 touchdowns and two interceptions thus far, and he is as focused as ever in his preparation since his four-game ban related to Deflategate was lifted. According to the Post, Brady’s wife, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, told Kraft that she woke up recently at 3:30 a.m. to find her husband studying film.

“To know his level of commitment is to know how bad he wants this stuff,” Brady’s father, also Tom, said.